Hambletonian site decision may be delayed this fall
Alan Fredman reports the Hambletonian Society may delay its decision on moving the Hambletonian from Du Quoin to another track until fall. bids from Meadowlands in New Jersey and New York State Fair were reviewed, with Du Quoin officials urging continuation at the Illinois fairgrounds.
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Hambletonian Society
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
W. R
Bul’’ Hayes II
Hayes
Max C. Hempt
Hambletonian
Max
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Meadowlands
East Rutherford
N.J
du Quoin
Syracuse
Du Quoin State Fair opens under new management changes
The 57th Du Quoin State Fair opens with rapid changes under new owner Saad Jabr and manager Lyndal Graff. Crews finalize rides, install five lane entrances, and set a Disneyland style traffic system to handle about 8000 vehicles daily. A Master Plan tent will unveil tonight the fair’s future directions and new branding.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Lyndal Graff
Graff
U.S. 51
Disney
Fair Management
Saad Jabr
Dowell
Elkville
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Benedick
Illinois South: Mining jobs rise despite coal industry claims
Illinois South Project says coal mining employed 16,863 workers in June 1979, up from 1978 and 1976, while six month production reached 30,042,480 tons. It asserts annual output could top 60 million tons, about 38 percent above Illinois Coal Association forecasts, challenging worries of decline tied to environmental regulation.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Illinois South Project
Community Action Organization
Springfield
Illinois Coal Association
Association
Taylor Pensoneau
Illinois South
Mike Schechtman
Schechtman
Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals
The
Coal Association
Senate
James Thompson
Downing
Pensoneau
Coal Industry
12 year old faces tax audit in small town worm business
Albany AP reports 12 year old Jody Gerard sold fishing worms from his yard and paid 64 cents in uncollected sales taxes. His mother Lynette Gerard notes bank check costs 50 cents. Tax officials say they followed routine procedures after auditing Eddyville Catskill Mountains operation.
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Albany
N.Y
Jody Gerard
New York State
Lynette Gerard
Tax Department
Howard Brock
Eddyville
Catskill Mountains
Jody
Weather outlook for the weekend into next week
The National Weather Service forecasts fair and cooler tonight with temperatures in the sixties. Saturday should be partly sunny and warmer with highs near the upper eighties. Sunday through Tuesday look partly cloudy with showers likely Monday and Tuesday, lows around the upper fifties to low sixties and highs in the eighties.
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National Weather Service
Carter campaign preview on Mississippi River trip ends in St Louis
President Carter wrapped up a week long cruise down the Mississippi as a campaign style preview he says he is not yet a candidate. He touted balanced advertising and small town stops while facing energetic protests over energy policy. The Delta Queen voyage included many unscheduled stops along 659 miles from St Paul to St Louis with Mrs Carter noting crowds surpassed those of previous campaigns.
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Carter
Mississippi River
Gateway Arch
U.S. Congress
Dam No. 25
Linfield
Lock and Dam
Alton
Vic Tooker
Calliope
Rosalynn
Amy
Tooker
Mideast
Delta Queen
St. Paul
Minn
Mrs
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